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[Past Events ](https://civis.eu/en/past-events) 2. SMARTT project's final event: A blueprint for a European degree SMARTT project's final event: A blueprint for a European degree ================================================================= Type of event Conference Format Hybrid Open to All academics and researchers Date 29 Apr 2024 - [About the event](#tab-about) - [Speakers](#tab-speakers) ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/ec-smartt-civis-conferecne-erasmus-pilots-april-2024-1480x_.jpg?token=c37ca56679b540cb45599951e8250642)The [**SMARTT pilot project**](https://civis.eu/en/smartt) and its partner university, [**Université libre de Bruxelles**](https://www.ulb.be/en/ulb-homepage), have the honour to host the final event of the Erasmus+ pilot project on the European degree (label) and a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions, in close cooperation with the other 9 pilot projects. The event is also an opportunity for the European Commission to present the [**European degree package**](https://education.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-presents-a-blueprint-for-a-european-degree), adopted on 27 March 2024. **A blueprint for a European degree** ------------------------------------- ### Results of Erasmus+ pilots on the European degree label & a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions #### 29th of April 2024 (Brussels & online) [Please apply here to follow online](http://forms.gle/sAjCp8yUc4rJvzyF9) **Venue**: Université libre de Bruxelles (only registered participants can attend the meeting in person) **Event Agenda**: *08:00 - 09:00* Registration & Welcome Coffee *09:00 - 09:15* Opening by a Rector of the pilot projects *09:15 - 09:30* **Keynote speech Commissioner Iliana Ivanova** “A blueprint for a European degree" *09.30 - 10.15* **Challenges for joint degree programmes,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *10.15 - 11.00* **Added value of a European degree**, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *11:00 - 11.30* Coffee Break *11.30 - 12.15* **The proposed European criteria,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *12.15 - 13.00* **Recommendations for the future,** Panel discussion with all 6 pilot projects *13.00 - 14.00* Lunch Break *14.00 - 14.45* **Legal status for alliances: added value**, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *14.45 - 15.30* **Legal status for alliances: the way forward,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *15.30 - 16.00* Coffee Break and Poster session *16.00 - 16.45* **Moving forward with Member States and the Higher Education sector,** Panel discussion with Member States, Higher Education institutions, students and European Commission (Moderated by Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Director General of DG EAC) *16:45-17:00* **Closing,** By the European Commission The event will be streamed, if you wish to **attend online** please [register in this form](https://forms.gle/sAjCp8yUc4rJvzyF9) to receive the stream links. \- - - - **Joint session** with the event organised by the Belgian Presidency, [European University Alliances: Drivers of Change and Innovation in Higher Education](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/vlir.be/european-university-alliances-drivers-of-change-and-innovation-in-higher-education/__;!!DOxrgLBm!Auh7ibF3QtJhT9bFzc_ZDEvAtboAXm4jmuCbd8dD23oyFOZYvvWOV64bCLLroAwF9ZumTaszTh5hwinwdMe41ZS9ZoWEgA$) **Venue**: Université libre de Bruxelles 17.15 -18.00 **Reaching out to the wider Higher Education community:** linking with the event of Belgian universities in the framework of the Belgian Presidency 17.45 - 20.00 Networking cocktail **A blueprint for a European degree** ------------------------------------- ### Results of Erasmus+ pilots on the European degree label & a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions #### 29th of April 2024 (Brussels & online) **Venue**: Université libre de Bruxelles (only registered participants can attend the meeting in person) **Event Agenda**: *08:00 - 09:00* Registration & Welcome Coffee *09:00 - 09:15* Opening by a Rector of the pilot projects *09:15 - 09:30* **Keynote speech Commissioner Iliana Ivanova** “A blueprint for a European degree" *09.30 - 10.15* **Challenges for joint degree programmes,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *10.15 - 11.00* **Added value of a European degree**, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *11:00 - 11.30* Coffee Break *11.30 - 12.15* **The proposed European criteria,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *12.15 - 13.00* **Recommendations for the future,** Panel discussion with all 6 pilot projects *13.00 - 14.00* Lunch Break *14.00 - 14.45* **Legal status for alliances: added value**, Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *14.45 - 15.30* **Legal status for alliances: the way forward,** Presentation by and discussion with the pilot projects *15.30 - 16.00* Coffee Break and Poster session *16.00 - 16.45* **Moving forward with Member States and the Higher Education sector,** Panel discussion with Member States, Higher Education institutions, students and European Commission (Moderated by Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Director General of DG EAC) *16:45-17:00* **Closing,** By the European Commission The event will be streamed, if you wish to **attend online** please [register in this form](https://forms.gle/sAjCp8yUc4rJvzyF9) to receive the stream links. \- - 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